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Dallas already has passed San Diego. If my memory serves me correctly, Philadelphia's population is actually decreasing as of late. Dallas has already been passed by San Antonio, and San Antonio's not done growing, even with Dallas's rapid population increase. I don't think it'll pass Phoenix either.
Dallas already has passed San Diego. If my memory serves me correctly, Philadelphia's population is actually decreasing as of late. Dallas has already been passed by San Antonio, and San Antonio's not done growing, even with Dallas's rapid population increase. I don't think it'll pass Phoenix either.
Actually Philadelphia has grown by ~10% over the last decade (outpacing the metro growth rate over the last 5 years) or so. It hit rock bottom population in the 1980s, today approching 1.6 million again it is still off it's peak by nearly 600K.
Dallas has already passed San Diego and it can definitiely pass Philadelphia. I doubt it can pass Phoenix and it will not pass San Antonio. The city of San Antonio is essentially the metro so it's like you are comparing a city that cannot grow physically to a metro. Even if the city of Dallas grew like crazy with infill all San Antonio has to do is annex more land. Dallas will pass Philadelphia for the same reason: it has more land area. It really doesn't matter like some of you said.
The city of San Antonio is essentially the metro so it's like you are comparing a city that cannot grow physically to a metro. Even if the city of Dallas grew like crazy with infill all San Antonio has to do is annex more land.
To be fair, I think it is harder to annex land in Texas than it used to be. San Antonio does have fast-growing suburbs like New Braunfels (already 50k), Boerne, and Seguin that have attracted large employers. San Antonio is trying to improve its infill development, but has a long way to go to match some comparable cities. So there is a chance that Dallas might catch up again.
Yes SA will probably remain the 2nd city of TX but its metro population is underwhelming for the size of the city, that can change though.
nearly 2.2 million people isn't small. If comparing it to DFW and all those counties in North Texas...then yea. But the 5 adjacent counties along I-35 have nearly 4 million, combined still a much smaller land area than DFW.
nearly 2.2 million people isn't small. If comparing it to DFW and all those counties in North Texas...then yea. But the 5 adjacent counties along I-35 have nearly 4 million, combined still a much smaller land area than DFW.
actually for a city with a population of over 1M a metro of 2 million IS rather small. It is not just small in DFW terms.
Look at the cities that have passed 1M (ignore the ones over 2M like NY, Chicago, Houston and LA, those are too big anyway) and you will see that SA's metro is on the small side compared to the city.
Phoenix
city pop 1.6M
Metro pop 4.4M
Philly
City pop 1.5M
Metro pop 6M
San Diego
City pop- 1.3M
Metro pop- 3 M
Dallas
City pop 1.3M
Metro Div 4.2M
Detroit
City Pop- used to be 1M +
Metro pop 4M
SF
City pop 800K
Metro pop 4.2M
SA has a metro comparable to cities half its size (Jacksonville, Indianapolis, Austin, Columbus, etc)
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Look at the cities that have passed 1M (ignore the ones over 2M like NY, Chicago, Houston and LA, those are too big anyway) and you will see that SA's metro is on the small side compared to the city.
San Jose can latch on to the Bay and be around 7M. everyone lumps it in anyway
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No, Dallas will not eclipse San Antonio or Phoenix.
